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Syrian Sanctuary

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Romanized Name(s):
Syrian Sanctuary

Name as attested:

Language:
English

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Gee 2008

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The sanctuary was originally a sacred grove (lucus) to the deity Furrina, thus the name Lucus Furrinae. However, the variety of later incursions by Syrian deities have caused later scholars to call the sanctuary the Syrian Sanctuary as well.

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